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When was electric scoring introduced to Olympic foil fencing?
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Giovanna Trillini (rear) of Italy successfully defending her world champion foil title against Wang Huifeng of China at the 1992 Olympics.
Electrical scoring for foil competitions was introduced in 1955, and it made its Olympic debut at the 1956 Games. While this technology helps register the arrival of hits, judges are still required to interpret the priority of those hits during a match.1